BEIJING - Former vice-minister of justice Liu Zhiqiang and former vice-mayor of Beijing Gao Peng have been expelled from the Communist Party of China over serious violation of discipline and law, China's top anti-corruption authority said in a decision.

The decision was disclosed online by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Tuesday.

The commission said it was discovered that Liu was not loyal to the Party and made efforts to resist the investigation.

He was also found to have illegally accepted banquets, money, gifts and consumption cards, and took advantage of his positions to seek profits for others in matters such as business operation, project contracting, work promotion, and then accepted huge amounts of bribes in return, according to the commission.

It identified Liu's behavior as serious violations of the Party disciplines, saying that is why it decided to expel him from the Party and confiscate all his illicit gains.

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His suspected violations of national laws will be transferred to prosecutors for further criminal review and investigation, it added.

Public information shows that Liu, 61, a native of Shandong province, began his career from the Ministry of Public Security in 1984 and joined the Party in 1986.

After handling foreign affairs in the China's public security system for about 20 years, he served as vice-governor of the Qinghai provincial government in 2012.

In January 2016, he became the deputy head of the Ministry of Justice.

In April this year, he was placed under disciplinary and supervisory investigation.

Gao is suspected of serious violations of Party discipline and national laws, according to a statement from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China and the National Commission of Supervision. His case will be transferred to prosecuting authorities with his ill-gotten gains. The two Commissions announced an investigation into Gao for suspected severe violations of disciplines and laws in late April.

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Gao was also a member of the leading Party members group of the Beijing municipal government.

The investigation unearthed a series of severe transgressions committed by Gao, including partaking in opulent banquets that posed a threat to the impartial execution of official duties. Additionally, he arranged for his family to receive services from individuals under his purview, the announcement said.

Gao engaged in corrupt practices such as accepting bribes, engaging in insider trading, misappropriating substantial sums of money from individuals under his supervision, and participating in illicit transactions for personal gratification, which has resulted in significant financial losses to the State, it added.

Suspected bribery

Also on Tuesday, Peng Guofu, a former senior legislator in Central China's Hunan province, has been indicted for suspected bribe-taking, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said.

Prosecutors accused Peng, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress, of having taken advantage of his positions to benefit others while accepting huge amounts of money and property in return.

Following the conclusion of an investigation by the National Commission of Supervision and designated by the SPP, a procuratorate in Hainan province recently filed a lawsuit against Peng with the provincial first intermediate people's court, according to the SPP.